If the previous intelligence was accurate, the source of the corruption of the World Tree should be right under Nidhogg's lair, and the most likely source of corruption was undoubtedly the core tissue of the First Born: the brain. They explored along the way, and all the signs found along the way also showed the trend of the spread of this corruption. But there was one thing that surprised Hao Ren:
The organ in front of him was a mass of healthy biological tissue.
"These tentacles … and the ganglia are not quite right," the MDT said, flying around in the big cave, scanning the tangled, vine-like tentacles with a blue scanning beam. "They seem to be divided into two distinct camps."
Not only the MDT found this, but Hao Ren also found that the biological tissue near the ganglia was abnormal. The tentacles on the walls of the big cave were not exactly the same. Some of them had suffered serious disease and decay, and their skin was wrinkled, black, and lusterless as if they had been roasted by fire. The other part looked quite healthy, full and fresh, and there were even shiny silver runes on some of the skin. That was the unique symbol of Yggdrasil, the special First Born. These two kinds of tentacles seemed to come from two different organisms. They were entangled together, giving people a feeling that they were like fire and water.
If it was an ordinary organism that had a disease, the area of the disease would most likely be 'gradual'. Healthy and unhealthy tissues would fuse together, and many 'half-sick' biological tissues would also appear. However, there was no such situation here.
Both healthy and diseased tentacles eventually gathered in the center of the big cave, growing on the big beating node. This made Hao Ren finally turn all his attention to the organ.
He stared at it for a long time, and finally found some suspicious clues from the seemingly healthy organ: in the connective grid area where the brain nucleus was located, there were some vague shadows pulsing inside. At first, he thought it was a normal blood vessel shadow or something else, but then he suddenly remembered that there were no blood vessels around the brain nucleus of the First Born.
Because the brain nucleus was immersed in the living lifeblood, this living blood did not need blood vessels to transport and distribute. The brain was suspended in a fluid-filled chamber, and the information transmission between it and the surrounding tissues was carried out in a way similar to a psionic connection. There were no solid organs or tissues around it that could produce shadows!
The MDT hovered around the large organ in the center of the cave, considering whether to directly turn on the high-power detection device. Because high-power detection was very likely to directly wake up the First Born, it dared not make this decision casually.
"We have to check inside," Hao Ren said, pointing to the black shadows. "There's something wrong with the structure here."
"Can you scan it?" The MDT immediately flew over.
"No." Hao Ren waved his hand. "Do it. I want to see it directly."
"It's too risky." The MDT shook hard on the spot. "Yggdrasil will definitely wake up. This is a very serious stimulus, and we currently have no effective hypnosis method for the First Born. The 'lullaby' device copied from Holletta only works on specific First Borns, and theoretically has no effect on this big thing in front of us."
Hao Ren shook his head and pointed to the pool of lifeblood in the center of the cave. "The most dangerous thing is that the lifeblood goes berserk. As long as we can suppress the activity of the lifeblood, we can greatly weaken the power of the First Born. At the same time, we can inject it with a powerful tranquilizer that CARS has just synthesized. I don't think it's a big problem."
CARS had been fiddling with the two samples brought from Holletta for two years. Even if the First Born was mysterious, there had been quite a lot of research results, including targeted tranquilizers: it was an essential drug for all kinds of high-stimulation tests.
The MDT had no doubt about the effect of this tranquilizer, but the biggest problem was another: the most troublesome thing about the First Born was that its' blood 'lived independently. Something like the lifeblood could not be tranquilized or pacified, so the drug was ineffective!
It raised its own doubts on the spot. "The tranquilizer is easy to deal with. The Petrachelys has a lot of it in the cargo hold, but what about the lifeblood?"
A tiny figure flashed in his mind. Hao Ren had a flash of inspiration. "Bring Lil Pea here!"
"By the way, Lil Pea can suppress the lifeblood!" Vivian also reacted in an instant. She remembered the amazing talent of the baby fish in Tannagost: as the end of life of a world, Lil Pea had a very special position on the ecological ladder. The lifeblood created by the goddess of creation had an innate awe and retreat instinct. As long as Lil Pea was present, the lifeblood would immediately lose its vitality!
The MDT immediately set off to Earth to fetch the little mermaid. With the help of teleportation technology, it was quite fast. Hao Ren did not have to wait long before they saw a blue light flashing in mid-air, and then a baby fish jumped out of the teleportation portal. The little guy happily hung around Hao Ren's neck, and its tail slapped the latter's chest. "Daddy, daddy, ew …"
The teleportation function of the MDT was a bit powerful. The little mermaid had adapted to it so many times, but she was still dizzy.
"We'd better get it done quickly," the MDT murmured as it swayed next to Hao Ren's head. "Your fish is busy playing with your cat. Now that the fish has run away, I don't know how long the cat will stay still …"
Lil Pea continued to hang around Hao Ren's neck and slapped her tail vigorously. "The cat is so fun!"
Galazur looked at this scene in silence. She did not want to express her opinion on the way Hao Ren and his team got along.
The MDT also used teleportation to get the "Strong Tranquilizer for the First Born Version 2.0" on the spacecraft. A large silver-white box was full of sealed metal tubes. Any one of them was enough to anesthetize an ordinary First Born for half an hour. But the effect on Yggdrasil, the specially evolved First Born, had yet to be verified.
When all the conditions were ready, Hao Ren decided to start the creative surgery.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Vivian looked a little worried at the pulsating biological tissue in the center of the cave. "It's hard to say what will happen if it is overstimulated. Maybe we should evacuate the people from Twilight Capital first. "
Hao Ren shrugged. "But if Yggdrasil stays in this state, we can't do anything."
He released three autonomous robots from the dimensional pocket. One of them circled around them twice, grabbed a tube of tranquilizer with its mechanical tentacle and flew it to the ganglion of the First Born. The tentacles of the autonomous robot had different functions. One of the tentacles had a camouflage structure that could be transformed at will. The little guy, who had been talking non-stop, turned the tentacle into an injection device and carefully pierced it into the ganglion of the First Born.
"Hiss …"
With a faint sound of pressure, the tranquilizer was injected into Yggdrasil's body. The pulsating red light on the surface of the nerve tissue dimmed almost visibly, but it did not go out completely.
The tranquilizer worked, but as Hao Ren expected, the effect was not as significant as it was on the ordinary First Born. Yggdrasil was obviously a more powerful individual, and it resisted part of the effect of the tranquilizer.
So the autonomous robot injected the tranquilizer in the second and third cartridges, and finally completely suppressed the nerve reaction of the core tissue in front of it.
"Begin to inhibit the activity of the lifeblood," Hao Ren announced solemnly as he stood beside the pool of lifeblood, holding the little mermaid more than a foot long. He put Lil Pea on the ground. "Begin first contact!"
Lil Pea immediately clapped her hands and jumped into the surging red liquid in front of her. As a fish, it was almost her instinct to jump into the water when she saw it. As for the dangerous color and shape of the 'water,' Lil Pea did not care. She was a master in seeking death. She jumped into it because it looked abnormal.
As expected, Lil Pea just jumped forward twice, and the pool of lifeblood calmed down in an instant. The lifeblood closest to the edge of the pool even began to retreat layer by layer. This retreat eventually affected the ganglia of Yggdrasil. The lifeblood in the tentacles and node organs also lost activity. The life response of the First Born in the entire cave dropped to the lowest point in an instant.
Galazur looked at all this with her mouth agape. "Is this really possible?"
Nangong Sanba replied casually, "That's how he is. The more effective a trick is, the more unsophisticated it looks."
Galazur was speechless.
Hao Ren carefully told Lil Pea not to move around and to keep suppressing the lifeblood at the edge of the pool. When the little mermaid clenched her little fist and made a promise, he ordered the remaining two autonomous robots to start cutting the connective tissue outside the brain.
The moment the cutting beam cut through the connective skin, a foul stench suddenly gushed out!
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